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Learning PICASSO! Acrobat. 1930.

Acrobat. 1930

In 1925, Picasso took part in a group exhibition of surrealists – from that moment a new period of his painting began . Formally, everything is probably the same. But in fact, we have to admit that without Picasso there would be no surrealism. This was recognized by the “founding fathers” of the new fashion movement, which very soon will powerfully press and Fauvism, and cubism, and metaphysical painting, and even an objective abstraction. Andre Breton, who is believed to be almost the very first surrealist artist, cedes the right to be considered as such to his “patron”, Picasso.

Moreover, in a program article of the Surrealist Revolution magazine, Breton declares that Picasso is not just the “first pioneer”. The light of God was extracted not only the work of Picasso in 1914, but much earlier – “Avignon Girls”. In fact, it was Breton who insisted that this “revolutionary canvas” was finally taken out of the closet, exhibited and sold. The new movement needed an icon, an authoritative name, a kind of locomotive. In fact, Picasso was almost snapped into this action.

Another thing is that he did not really resist. A number of his biographers believe that Picasso realized that his passion for classicism can cost him very dearly. For example, the loss of the status of “First and True Destroyer of the Elderly”, as he was called recently.

Surrealists put the subconscious, which had to be released – in a dream, under the influence of alcohol , drugs and delirium. And then there will come a creative ecstasy. Picasso did the opposite. He had an exceptional sense of reality. He never rejected it. He deliberately and in cold blood broke it, distorted it and deformed it: “You have to create unacceptable images. For people to boil. So that they understand that they live in a strange world – an unreliable world, not the way they think. The “Acrobat” is not a delusion or a nightmare, but a hooligan’s reality: a man without bones, almost kissing his own ass.